With cricket lovers not putting up enough on board, Pakistan cancelled the four special trains it had announced between Attari and Chandigarh for the Indo-Pak cricket series.As Indian Railway authorities were geared up to receive cricket fans from across the border, news came that the trains were cancelled due to ‘‘technical reasons’’. The Pakistani authorities did not go into specifics.The Indian Railways, on their part, had made arrangements for a train to carry fans from Pakistan to Chandigarh to watch the match at Mohali. Two of the special trains were expected yesterday and the other two today. Punjab Cricket Association had even arranged for special buses to carry the passengers to Mohali.‘‘Initially, we thought there may have been some derailment on the track or some other such problem, but the Samjhauta Express — which runs on the same track — came in as per schedule today. So the track and route are fine,’’ said an official at Rail Bhawan. Though the railway spokesman insisted they were not given any other reason by Pakistani authorities sources said the cancellation had to do with poor response. ‘‘It would not have been feasible for Pakistan railways to run four trains in the absence of the expected response from cricket lovers. In fact, even the Samjhauta Express did not have many cricket fans travelling on it. It were the usual petty traders and separated families,’’ he added. MEANWHILE
